It's the end of the week but there are still some gaming news tidbits we can report on:

Nintendo brags about sales of its 3DS console - Even though the 3D-based portable console got off to a slow sales start in the US, Nintendo now says that sales have picked up and might even surpass the first year sales of its original DS console.

October US retail game sales numbers - Battlefield 3 was the number one best selling game in the US in October in retail stores with nearly 2 million units (the sales numbers don't reflect downloadable game sales). Batman Arkham City sold 1.5 million units while the long awaited id Software shooter Rage sold 550,000 units.